πread about a 3rd of that Dirk Francis book πThe Language Instinct (and a bath :D) πOn the Narita Express: Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi πOrdered home automation/security book. V. excited. π25 Home Automation Projects for the Evil Genius πFailed my damn midterm. Cried about it. πRead a quarter of Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart. Itβs excellent! πFinished The Language Instinct πStarted Murakami book; doubtful πSarah got me a great book on contemporary cartoonists for our 9th anniversary. πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πMost of the new \"Bitch\" magazine πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πFinished \"Purity of Blood\", the second Captain Alatriste novel. Excellent. I need to read more Spanish-language literature. πTales of the South Pacific, while walking to work πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific πTales of the South Pacific while walking home... walked into a sign πReading lately: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie and Tyrell by Coe Booth. πTales of the South Pacific πFinished Tales of the South Pacific πDark Knight Strikes Again πMichael Pollan: Unhappy Meals; I love this guy πFound a \"used\" copy of \"Mastering the Art of French Cooking\", with no spills or stains or anything. Score! πJohn Hodgmanβs \"Areas of My Expertise\" (except for some of the hobo names). Quite possibly the perfect book. πFinished \"The Omnivoreβs Dilemma\". Itβs not really an exaggeration to say that if you live in the U.S., and you eat food, you should read it. πHalf-napping, half-reading Hawaii π\"Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets\" by David Simon. Iβve been reading it forever, and it never seems to end. πHawaii; A Wizard of Earthsea out loud to the lady πFinishing \"Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets\" FINALLY πThe Time Travelerβs Wife πHawaii: No MacBook and new couch mean lots of reading :D πThe Time Travelerβs Wife πFinished \"1491\". Well-written, important, somewhat sad-making, enjoyable, and very informative. Highly recommended. πSing \"Yesterday\" For Me π\"His Majestyβs Dragon\", a cheesy concept (Napoleanic Wars, with dragons!) done to perfection. πread ouran high school host club over <3 read love egoist (<3!) at least 20 times :] π\"Throne of Jade\" by Naomi Novik. More dragony excellence. πHawaii and Writing With Power πFinished Hawaii; 3 months and 960 pages; totally worth it π\"Black Powder War\" by Naomi Novik. Dragony excellence continues. πSing Yesterday For Me vol 5 while waiting in line πLounging around Daveβs house reading, like I used to do when I was 11 π\"Revelation Space\" by Alastair Reynolds. Very good hard sci-fi, with a liberal dose of horror. πThe Heart is Deceitful Above all Things by J T LeRoy πJust finished \"La Perdida,\" and liked it okay. It wasnβt all that like it was supposed to be. πRead a little bit of each of a lot of books at the bookstore π\"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\" by Mark Haddon. Good. πLots and lots of Harry Potter π\"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\". Every bus Iβve taken this week has had several people reading it. πWoke up, read some Harry Potter. πA Deepness in the Sky; Vernor Vinge is the awesomest π\"The Sun over Breda\" by Arturo PβΒ©rez-Reverte. Maybe my favorite so far? π\"Gates of Fire\" by Steven Pressfield. Intense. π\"Red Seas Under Red Skies\" by Scott Lynch. Excellent fun. πFinished A Deepness in the Sky; I would really like to read some short books now! π20th Century Boys volume 22 πFinished 20th Century Boys volume 22; after all these years, itβs over ;_; πThe Space Merchants is getting really good πFinished The Space Merchants π\"Chasm City\" by Alastair Reynolds. Hard-sci-fi about drugs, identity, and paranoia, a la Philip K. Dick. Very good. π\"Nineteen Minutes\" by Jodi Picoult. Itβs so-so. πTachiyomi at the new Barnes & Noble: Rush and Pearl Jam books πNature via Nurture on the way to work πNature via Nurture on the way to work π\"The Clan Corporate\" by Charles Stross. Not as enjoyable as previous books. πStayed up late to finish βΓΓΊRedemption ArkβΓΓΉ by Alastair Reynolds. Best of his novels so far. πRead Walking on Glass for several hours in the dark while listening to 80s CDs Andrew gave me πUp late reading Walking on Glass again πFinished Walking on Glass; I had hoped for more at the end π\"Absolution Gap\" by Alastair Reynolds. Started weird, and oh my God the terrible copyediting, and overall not quite as good as the previous, but still a very satisfying conclusion. πHard-Boiled Blah Blah and the End of the Blah π\"The Great Gatsby\" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wow. Great, great book. π\"The Devil in the White City\" by Erik Larsen. Itβs good! πRe-reading The Design of Everyday Things πThe Peddlerβs Apprentice πThe Peddlerβs Apprentice πArt of Interactive Design. Didnβt finish it the first time, trying again. π\"Empire of Ivory\" by Naomi Novik. Are Napoleon and his dragons on the verge of conquering England!? π\"A Soul in a Bottle\" by Tim Powers. Like a standard Powers novel, the main character is an alcoholic who encounters the supernatural. πPicked up the first two Song of Ice and Fire for buddy in Japan; started rereading the first book while standing in the store πFlex 2 with Actionscript 3 πA Game of Thrones; ohhhhhh, Iβm way back into it πTearing through Flex/Actionscript 3 book πA Game of Thrones: even better the second time? πUniversal Principles of Design πA Game of Thrones, until the NyQuil kicked in πEssential Actionscript 3.0 πPut books into LibraryThing. Great site. πEssential Actionscript 3.0 slain. And by slain, I mean I flipped rapidly through the pages and have a pretty good sense of what it contains. πLoads of A Game of Thrones πSo much A Game of Thrones πA numbing amount of design patterns πFinished A Game of Thrones for the second time πRead some of The Masked Rider, then picked up A Clash of Kings after all π\"Un Lun Dun\" by China MiβΒ©ville. Fun young teenagersβ urban fantasy novel. πworked on finding certifications for later on in life. Iβm not sure if Iβm going to wait this year out of if Iβm going to go ahead and start with the studying. πwent to get books today from the library. Had fun. Hopefully my interlibrary loans will come back with my books soon. Iβm excited! πtoday Iβve spent quite a bit of time reading up on what I think I want to do for the rest of my life. I want to have it all finished by the time Iβm 30. Long explanation but I think its a good one. πLots of A Clash of Kings... Canβt get enough Arya πMy back is bothering me but good news is that I have my books that Iβve been waiting for. Finally. πmajor changes to act 2. little changes next! woohoo! πA Clash of Kings; four chapters tonight because I couldnβt sleep πGetting pretty obsessed with A Song of Ice and Fire; definitely better the second time through πFinished ACoK and started A Storm of Swords π\"Why, oh why, my little siu mai, why do I love you so? What treasure hides, jing cha siu bao, pillowed in your dough?\" Over. And. Over. Again. πA Storm of Swords; the Unsullied are awesome πThe trick to reading \"And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street\" is to realize that he mixes up the rhythm. πIβve had some trouble enjoying books for a few years. Today I got Steve Martinβs Born Standing Up and voraciously tore through half of it in a day. πA Storm of Swords; the big thing happened πWhat is the What, by Dave Eggers πUp late with A Storm of Swords πA Storm of Swords; I barely remember all this huge stuff happening πNearly finished A Storm of Swords but fell asleep during the Epilogue πA Feast for Crows... hard work to start with 3 chapters of previously unintroduced characters, and 4 chapters of sub-likeable characters πA Feast for Crows; yay, three likeable characters in a row! πA Feast for Crows is so painful to read. πA Feast for Crows... actually skipping chapters now... πA Feast for Crows; all the junk is worth it for the few chapters in Braavos πA Feast for Crows. Skipping hateful charactersβ chapters. πLongstreetβs *Manassas to Gettysburg* πFinished *House of Abraham* πInternalizing *Complete Idiotβs Guide to Genealogy\" πStarted Danica McKellarβs *Math Doesnβt Suck* π\"Finished\" A Feast for Crows, having skipped about half of the chapters πBought <em>Assassinsβ Gate</em> πThe Commonsense Book of Wine πBegan <em>Nine Parts of Desire</em> π\"How <em>Not</em> to Write a Novel\" πBegan <em>God is Not Great</em> (audio) πFinished <em>Math Doesnβt Such</em> πA Study in Scarlet, out loud πA Study in Scarlet, out loud πbook: Neil Gaiman: Anansi Boys: r5: Excellent. Laughed out loud many times, and felt so happy at times my eyes watered. πbook: Robert Kaplan: The Coming Anarchy: r5: Excellent book, may have given me a new way to look at the world. πRoadshow at BN; The Masked Rider; The Commonsense Book of Wine πA Study in Scarlet, out loud πA Study in Scarlet, out loud. Stayed up way too late reading The Masked Rider. πbook: Charles Stross: Glass House: r4: Post singularity sci-fi. Interesting concepts, overall very good. πFinished A Study in Scarlet. Stayed up way too late with The Masked Rider again. πThereβs a new Elizabeth George novel. Available Tuesday πThe Commonsense Book of Wine, The Masked Rider πGot Elizabeth Georgeβs *Careless in Red* πbook: Jack McDevitt: Polaris: r3: Some excellent ideas and debates, but slow moving and some technological inconsistencies πFinished The Masked Rider πbook:napoleon hill: Think and Grow Rich: r2: Some good content and ideas, but buried in a lot of words and capital letters. πFinished *Careless in Red* πFinished _God is Not Great_ (audio) πFinished *Speaking Truth to Power*, Anita Hill πUp wayyyyy too late reading Traveling Music πTons more Traveling Music πTraveling Music; getting through this book so quickly πRead some more βInto the Wildβ πTraveling Music, out on the patio πThe Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language πCocoa Programming for Mac OS X, Edition 3. 1 and 2 were too hard for me, maybe 3 will be my magic number. πFeeling unwell and just plowing through Traveling Music πFinished Traveling Music. What a superb book! πRichard Feynman seems like a pretty cool guy. πInto the Wild. Spent a lot of time on trains today. πJon Krakauer: Into the Wild: r4: Finished. Interesting story. Made me realize that I take some risks that I probably should not. πHow the Mind Works... so much more satisfying than philosophy πNewtonβs Wake - train makes for much reading time. πβΓΓ¨βΓΓβΓΒ΄βΓΓ§βΓβ«βΓΓΌβΓ
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